A few weeks ago I brought this topic up during our community meeting as a worship team and it sparked a very good discussion. So I figured I could put it out on the world wide web to be immortalized and people that couldn’t be a part of that discussion could know what we’re thinking and discussing as worship/music leaders of Central.
The other thing I want to mention is that pretty much all of this is ripped off from Mark Batterson and his book “Primal”. So if you want to go further with this and think about it more that’s where I recommend you go.
So often as a culture in the church we have a tendency to get comfortable with how we are doing things. Our traditions become something that we are unwilling to change, thinking that we have come up with the best way to do it. Whether it’s worship, sermons, classes, or even what service we like to attend. And I’m not saying tradition is necessarily bad, but we can elevate tradition to the importance of scripture believing this is how God wants his people to do.
Mark Batterson contends that half of our brain was designed by God for creativity. He states
“If God is infinitely creative and we are not just created in His image but called to be conformed to His image, then creativity isn’t optional. Creativity is a dimension of spiritual maturity. To become more like the Creator is to become more creative”.
Now in dealing more with worship and God’s command to sing songs to him Batterson says,
“Have you ever noticed how many times Psalms tells us to sing a new song? That creative command is repeated no fewer than half a dozen times. (Psalm 33:3; 96:1; 98:1; 144:9; 149:1) Evidently God gets tired of old songs. He doesn’t just want you to worship Him with your memory; He wants you to worship Him with your imagination. Love isn’t repetitive. Love is creative.”
Wow, what a powerful message. We need to actively work towards worshiping Him in a new way and with new songs. Granted God has given us guidelines in the ways we can worship Him but that will need to wait till next blog.
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